Today was 7 miles and 200′ of climbing.  An easier start than most Caminos.

So, today’s challenge was 3-fold; the first and most significant was, Diane came down with food poisoning the night before we left Riomaggiore. Ouch!  She managed to muster enough energy to walk to the train, and (more of less) survived the 3 hour ride to Pavia.

Fortunately, our B&B was only a 5 minute walk from the train station. And our hosts, Avital and Rafael, were amazing!

There was a pharmacy across the street which provided the necessary treatments and Diane climbed into bed for the needed rest.

This morning, she felt much better!  Not “best”, though. She now has all the necessary background information to write a guidebook on “The Restrooms of Pavia”.

Fortunately, today was short, and we’re here!

Minerva, the Patron Saint of Medicine

The second challenge we faced was our reservations. We were having trouble confirming our reservation for tomorrow night (10/2). While we had contacted them several times to reserve and confirm over the last year, we typically confirm within a week of our arrival. No answer! Finally, our host at last night’s B&B called the restaurant connected with the hotel. The hotel went out of business! Ouch! Given Diane’s state of health, we couldn’t walk further to find a place, and nothing was showing up, closer! We finally solved the problem this afternoon with the help of our new hostess, Maria. We have a place about the same distance as planned. All Diane needs to do is make it!

The 3rd challenge is weather. Seems this is the rainy season and Thursday (2 days from now)  … it’s gonna rain!

Note the word “severe” in that warning ⚠️! But as a great sailor and dear friend of ours once said, “the best weather report is just to look out your window”! So Thursday, we’ll “just look out our window”!

Take care, friends.